"''I had no musical ability and I wasn''t old enough to be a college radio DJ. I was into art and writing but needed something much more interesting to work on than the high school yearbook. I wanted to contribute to the underground music and publishing communities, make new friends and interview my favorite bands. So from 1988 until 1991 I published Primary Concern, a thick photocopied ‘zine that I wrote, designed, printed, and assembled with few outside contributors.'' So begins a personal essay by Marc Fischer of Public Collectors (as well as Temporary Services and Half Letter Press) about photocopied, self-published hardcore and metal music ''zines in the late 1980s and early 90s. In addition to a nearly 2000 word essay, this booklet includes full and quarter page reproductions of cover art from 33 ''zines from this period (including one cover from Fischer''s ''zine Primary Concern). Other titles included are Total Thrash, I4NI, Philly ''Zine, Bullshit Monthly, The Happy Thrasher and Poser Death. Fischer''s essay gets into many of the mechanics of self-publishing back then, from illegally recycling postage stamps to conducting band interviews...This booklet was made to accompany a presentation of around two hundred ''zines made during this period from Fischer''s collection that will take place at The STOREFRONT on Saturday and Sunday, August 6 & 7, 2011, from 12-5 PM at: 2606 N California Avenue, Chicago, IL." -- publisher''s statement.